The traditional Buddhist understanding of non-violence is not as rigid as the Jain one, but like the Jains, Buddhists have always condemned the killing of all living beings.

While these writings display some limited continuities with the earlier medical ideas known from the Vedas, historians have been able to demonstrate direct historical connections between early Ayurveda and the early literature of the Buddhists and Jains.

Jains have an ancient tradition of scholarship and have the highest degree of literacy for a religious community in India.

Jains hold that the universe and its natural laws are eternal, and have always existed in time, however, the world constantly undergoes cyclical changes as per governing universal laws.

* Jains worship the icons of jinas, arihants and Tirthankaras, who have conquered their inner passions and attained divine consciousness, and study the Scriptures of these liberated beings.

A palpable presence in Indian culture, Jains have contributed to Indian philosophy, art, architecture, and science.

Some Indian regions, such as Rajasthan, Gujarat and Karnataka, have been strongly influenced by Jains and often the majority of the local Hindus of every denomination have also become vegetarian.

Jains worship the icons of Jinas, Arihants, and Tirthankars, who have conquered their inner passions and attained divine consciousness, and study the scriptures of these liberated beings.

Jains have built temples where idols of tirthankaras are revered.

Gardner spent several years in India, and may have picked up the concept from the Digambara Jains, a religious sect in which the monks may not wear clothing.

To take an atrociously extreme example, when the Tamil Śaivite Ñānasambandar Nāyanār defeated the Jain ācāryas in Madurai before the Pāṇḍya King Māravarman Avaniśūlāmani ( 620-645 ) this debate is said to have resulted in the impalement of 8000 Jains, an event still celebrated in the Mīnāksi Temple of Madurai today.

In the Jain prayer, ( pratikramana ) Jains repeatedly seek forgiveness from various creatures — even from ekindriyas or single sensed beings like plants and microorganisms that they may have harmed while eating and doing routine activities.

Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists come under Hindu law, whereas Muslims and Christians have their own laws.

Jains claim that he might have been influenced at least with the tenets of jainism-Ahimsa, Asteya, Aparigraha But these tenets are themself drawn from yogic concept developed by rishis and munis and hence cannot be narrowed down to a subsect, of universal philosophies.

This group of temples is also unique in that both the Digambar and Shwetambar have temples on its hills and it been an important religious place for Jains since the 3rd century.

Mahmud's campaigns seem to have been motivated by both religious zeal against both the Fatimids Shiites and non-Muslims ; Buddhists, Jains and Hindus.

The main characters of this work, Kannagi and Kovalan, who have a divine status among Tamils, were Jains.

According to Jains, Siddhas have eight specific characteristics or qualities ( 8 guñas ).

Among the communities that played a great part in the history of the times, the Jains seem to have been very prominent.

Basically lay Jains must distinguish between what forms of violence are necessary and unnecessary, but do not have to abstain entirely ( Vallely 2002, p. 5 ).

Lay Jains, who have the financial capacity, will visit animal markets and buy / rescue animals destined for slaughter for the good that it does.

The Jains and Aggarwals are influential business communities ; the latter have " Agarwal Sabha " and elect their presidents annually.

It is likely that the actual population of Jains may be significantly higher than the census numbers.

Jains believe that to attain enlightenment and ultimately liberation, one must practice the following ethical principles ( major vows ) in thought, speech and action.

Jains believe that to attain enlightenment and ultimately liberation from all karmic bonding, one must practice the following ethical principles not only in thought, but also in words ( speech ) and action.

Several non-Jain temples in India are administered by Jains.

Jains live throughout India.

There is a large following in Punjab, especially in Ludhiana and Patiala, and there used to be many Jains in Lahore ( Punjab's historic capital ) and other cities before the Partition of 1947, after which many fled to India.

L ' Harmattan, Paris, 2003 translated in English and printed under the title " Jains today in the world " by Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, India, 2008

The BJP has also invited Muslims to be a part of this new society and work with the Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs for a better India.

In India, there are a number of private schools run by religious institutions, especially for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains and Buddhists.

* Jain Irrigation Systems ( often known as Jain Irrigation, JISL, or simply Jains ) is a canonical of a multinational organization based in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India

Jains run animal shelters all over India: Delhi has a bird hospital run by Jains ; every city and town in Bundelkhand has animal shelters run by Jains.

Following the partition of India in 1947, most Hindus, Sikhs and Jains migrated to India and other parts of the world, though as of 1998, Hindus still constituted about 6 % of the total Sindhi population in Pakistan.

* Roth festival or र ो ठ in Hindi is a special Thick bread / festival of Jains in India

* 500 BCE: Prakrit texts of Buddhists and Jains originate ( Eastern India )

This text is followed by Svetambara Jains all over India even now.

Places of worship for Hindus, Muslims, Jains and Christians are located around the township, as are cultural centers of the various ethnicities of immigrants from other parts of India.

Pawapuri (, ) or Pava is a holy site for Jains located in the Nalanda district in the Bihar state of Eastern India.

Shikharji or Śrī Śikharjī ( श ् र ी श ि खरज ी), also known as the Parasnath Hill, located in Giridih district in Jharkhand, India, is a major Jain pilgrimage destination and is the most sacred place for Jains in the world.

It is commonly used as a last name by Hindus, Parsis and Jains of India.

According to the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, passed by the Parliament of India, for all legal purposes, all Hindus of any caste, creed or sect, Sikh, Buddhists and Jains are deemed Hindus and can intermarry.

The Jains in India have been the last direct representatives of the Shramana tradition in India.